Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-29
Government Lands.

.1sks a request tbst sgsnts secure hoC5cs for people who live in Indiana.
 Illinois and Ohio. This sriees from the | fac: that people eesi ere not informed ID l
 the land laws, and shIni. That all that is | necessary in taking claims is for the | papers to be filed by an agent, and then | they can pay out on the land the same | as though the purchase was from | private individuals. | Auy psrson except soldiers asd sol diers heirs c5uss make sfidayit thR: they | ere acCuainted with the land they are l entering, and slsO make affidavit that to | .ae hest os taei. kn0gledEe sheTe IS no r,inersl Ol ihe same.
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 Ssc,ion TIC says that eYery person ! D. ,rg the head of e family. widow, or | single 1er7On over the age of tventy-one ! cn3 citizen of tLe United Bte;es, or ! lag,ng Sled Q declaration of intention to J--.lcs srch, a6 required by the natural ] .- .'iIl isUs. Eho has made or htreGfter ' E;,ses e SETTLEMENT IN PERsCS on the | public lands subject 10 pre-emption, and | Eho iukabiis and improves the same and who bus erected 6 dwelling thereon is srshorized to enter with the reg15.er of the Uaiied States land office for ihe dis | .rie. ia which the land lies; by legsl sub sivision Guy number of Bores not ex- | ccciiDg one hundred and sixty sores or {. quarter csction ot land to include the -ssiaence of such claimant upon paying the United States minimum price of ! -gch land. No person who is the gro gristor of three hundred and twenty 8efes cen pre-empt land. No person who quits or sbsndons his own land to -ssile 0n publlc land in the same state CT territory can pre-empk Persons can however, tnke homesteads and timber claims whether he has tke three hundred aud twenty acres or not; neither dces the law prohibit his taking homeetesd v.Jen he hGs leit residence on his own lsGd. The above only refers 10 pre- 5n..iOus.
 The frat requirement. in taking 6 pre- caption Is to seleot she quarter section dssircd, and ascertain from the Land Office record tnai II IS vacant and sub lee. to cnlf!. He must thea make some improvements. Not stick up stakes, Cus make some substantial improve | nents, and then within ninety days file | sdeclRratOry statement for the land h the local land office. the fees for which i are three dollars. A residence must be . established on the land when the improv- i rnents are first begun, and continuous i residence is obligatory. q
 After Q continuous residence upon a I pre-emption for six months settlement [ can be proven and the government price . being paid. there will be final receipt q ssued 10 the pre-emptor; but in case E -.:Ser does not desire to make final ' rrool eg the end of six months, he has J .Elrts three months from the time he | made settlement. [
 HOMESTEAD = Entries must be made in person, usually ts,Orc the Register of the local Land 1..Cs and the entry fees are sixteen 5c.iArs. The rcGuirt merss of the home esd l6w are about the same ss those Ii gs tho pre-emp.ion, except that residence Q cen b.. established within six months I after making llng; but homestesds are s sub scs to contests if settlers fail to get | aa tLC land inside of six months after s-try. Hoyes;esds may be proved up it six months and paid out on, the same cs pTe-emptiGns, bu. osn be proved up in sIK yeass wiskOut paying. In making Ecsl proof the settler will be required Lo giTs the number Of times he or she has been absent from the olaim, where vent, and for what they went, and are questioned regarding the amount of i'm rrovements they have. if Tn the judgment os ihe Register and Receiver the law has not been complied with they will not is- sze final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIMS
 Do not require c residence. Timber e,.;nna must be entered by personal Rp- Diicstior sworn % within the land dis :.ie, where the land is situated. before sorc officer having asesl and author .-d % eduiristcs cath. Claimant must 5svs five acres broken the first year, the second year mus; have five GcEes broken sa5 ,ulatIyese the first breaking. the fhsrd year must pu. trees, seeds or c-s;irgs in the first five acres and culti- yatc She socnnd five; the fourth year z- ast get out the second five acres in :reos. tree seed, or tree cuttings. If in eight vssys t5eFe are six thousand seven hundred and fifty growing trees on the tract, claimant can make final proof and secure Q patent. Government lees m timber culture claims ere fourteen dol ls-s ior entry and ten dollars for final p-oof.
 a. duties required by Ihe timber cul- .ure lH=a may be done by others except .hc sDiry uni final proof; nor IS he or zrs Tsduired to reside near the land but will always be expected to comply with .ha law in regard 10 improvements
 There Is DO fixed amount of improve rcuts required iD homestead or pre- ssaI,siOn law, residence and cultivation = in good isith ss home snd a farm to ihs claimants best ability Is held to be sh1 FldUiTemsnS of the law.
 SOLDIERS HoMEsTEADs-
 go,dlerg who served m the United g,ases srrny for ninety days and were Egaoiabiy discharged and have lived 'r-1l Co She government can file declsr- afr-y statements on one hundred and -:zty ucrcs of vassnt land, by an as-ea. through the power o' attorney in a form prescribed by law. ThIs power ,~r. t- eUecutei before notary public where in the United States, ard -e-; :p Fcule reliable agent who will se- lsot .he quarter aection of lard and file 5r, it for ibe soldier. This filing will -ts-,1tCly hold the land for six months without the residence Of claimant Al .tc end of siI months the solder must S-gin residence and make another a!;rc, called the final entry, at which .i7,ie Ac peys Zee the same Gs Tn home lead csses. Soldiers are compelled to i've gt least one year on their claims, -rt tiey can deduct their seTvice ss a s7.G.-7 from .hs five years required by tEc common homestead ard thus get their r-s.- ir shorter time than be who has 5s. s.Tved his country ss soldier. sald.er's widow are entitled Co use the 5eseased husbands service while in the sas, 70 aesis. be. in proving up claim, srd !, she widow Is dead. then one of ...o minor heirs can use the right: but 10
 ra.H aN ,..r ohiId. Widows and orphans of sOl- d.ere r.ii! rot be required to cultivate .as l.-d ortl personally do She work but can cause the same to be done by others capable to do practical farming: Coed faith end cultivation to tne best or iba sbiIi,y of claimant is ell that the law requires.
 ihe above will show those iu the east who do not understand the law govern ing the public domains that It IS impos- sible for them to soquIre land ID this
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